A$AP Rocky turned 36 yesterday, and he and Rihanna celebrated with a late night out in New York City. Early this morning, the couple was photographed all dressed up. Rocky wore a gray suit with a pinstripe top underneath, along with a gray tweed coat to finish off the fall outfit.
Rihanna opted for a darker color palette, wearing a form-fitting black halter dress with layered necklaces and a brown wrap. Both wore sunglasses as they walked past photographers:
In April, Rihanna told Interview magazine that Rocky often out-dresses her. “Isn’t he the best?” she started. “I be feeling bummy as shit next to this man. I feel like, goddamn, I look like his assistant. I’m getting on a plane. We should be in sweats. He wants to be in a full Bottega suit. I’m like, ‘Why you got to do that to me?’”
As far as style goes, there’s no competition between them, she clarified. “It’s more like I spend my time getting the kids [their sons, RZA and Riot] dressed to death, and then I’m like, ‘What’s the most comfortable outfit to wear around them? What’s not going to feel uncomfortable on their face or on their body or make me feel like I can’t hold them properly?’ Moms are lazy dressers in real life.”
The two stars’ love of fashion helped bring them together. They were friends before ever becoming romantic, and over time, Rihanna recognized, “We saw fashion the same. We saw creative the same. We ended up in the same circles a lot. And past that, when we grew up, we ended up supporting each other’s brands and products and creative all the time. I would wear his shit, he would show up to my launches.”
At the end of 2019, the nature of their relationship changed. She explained, “We’ve known each other for a long time. I’ve seen him in relationships. He’s seen me in relationships. We’ve seen each other outside of relationships. We knew what we’re capable of, and the trouble that we could bring to each other’s lives. We can make or break each other’s hearts. And so, we started dating with a lot of caution.”
Alyssa Bailey is the senior news and strategy editor at ELLE.com, where she oversees coverage of celebrities and royals (particularly Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton). She previously held positions at InStyle and Cosmopolitan. When she’s not working, she loves running around Central Park, making people take #ootd pics of her, and exploring New York City.